Tooolbox

ABSTRACT

A toolbox comprising a box, an upper cover, a handle and a collecting plate. The box in half elliptic shape appearance with a concaved half ball shape storage space internally, the lower inner wall of the box is protruding out and forms a loading area, several protruding stands are on the bottom of the box. The upper cover in half elliptic shape with a concaved space internally, some portion of the brink on the bottom of the upper cover links to the box to open and close, several indentation slots are formed in different sizes and shapes internally to the upper cover. The handle passing through the top of the upper cover, two shafts are fixed on the upper cover, two feet of the handle insert into the upper cover, two shafts go through the vertical long hole on the two feet of the handle. The collecting plate in an independent tray structure and on the loading area inside the box, several indentation slots in different sizes and shapes are on the top of the collecting plate.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

I. Field of the Invention

This invention relates generally to a toolbox and, more specifically, toa toolbox that stores tools, parts and can be carried by users, theouter appearance of the toolbox is in football shape; not only the outerappearance differs from the prior art, the inner space is also designedand planned for more storage room.

II. Description of the Prior Art

Heretofore, it is known that a toolbox, as shown in FIG. 1, is in flatrectangular shape with upper and lower covers, the upper and lowercovers form several container slots face to face for tools to place in.The appearance of such toolboxes are very common without originality,the container slots can only be installed between upper and lower coversface to face, the space sometimes is insufficient, if more space isneeded, the volume of the toolbox must be enlarged, the toolbox isrelatively larger and not easy to carry.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

It is therefore a primary object of the invention to provide a toolboxto offer a different outer appearance from the prior flat rectangularshape toolbox and more storage room. The outer appearance of the presentinvention is in football shape, the configuration is totally differentfrom the flat rectangular shape; the box and the upper cover of thepresent invention offers more storage room; the storage space andcollecting slots have better planning; the extra collecting plate,compare to the prior art, offers extra storage space for more hand toolsand parts, however the total volume is not larger than the prior art,the storage space of the present invention will not be larger, users cancarry the toolbox easily.

In order to achieve the objective set forth, a toolbox in accordancewith the present invention comprises:

-   -   a box in half elliptic shape appearance with a concaved half        ball shape storage space internally, the lower inner wall of the        box is protruding out and forms a loading area, several        protruding stands are on the bottom of the box;    -   an upper cover in half elliptic shape with a concaved space        internally, some portion of the brink on the bottom of the upper        cover links to the box to open and close, several indentation        slots are formed in different sizes and shapes internally to the        upper cover;    -   a handle passing through the top of the upper cover, two shafts        are fixed on the upper cover, two feet of the handle insert into        the upper cover, two shafts go through the vertical long hole on        the two feet of the handle;    -   a collecting plate in an independent tray structure and on the        loading area inside the box, several indentation slots in        different sizes and shapes are on the top of the collecting        plate.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The accomplishment of the above-mentioned object of the presentinvention will become apparent from the following description and itsaccompanying drawings which disclose illustrative an embodiment of thepresent invention, and are as follows:

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the prior art;

FIG. 2A is a perspective view of the present invention;

FIG. 2B is another perspective view of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a front view of the present invention;

FIG. 4A is an internal view of the present invention;

FIG. 4B is another internal view the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a perspective and application view and tools, parts inaccordance with the present invention;

FIG. 6 is another perspective and application view and tools, parts inaccordance with the present invention;

FIG. 7A is a cross-sectional view the present invention;

FIG. 7B is another cross-sectional view the present invention.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

The present invention is a one-body plastic by mold injection andcomposed of:

A box (10), as shown in FIG. 2A and FIG. 4A, is in half elliptic shapeappearance with a concaved half ball shape storage space internally; thelower inner wall of the box (10) is protruding out and forms a loadingarea (12), a collection slot (13) in elliptic indentation shape is onthe bottom of the inner wall; two protruding positioning piece (14) areon the top edge of the box (10); several protruding stand (17), as shownin FIG. 3, are on the bottom of the box (10), these protruding stand(17) can stable the box (10) from rolling.

An upper cover (20), as shown in FIG. 2A and FIG. 4A, is in halfelliptic shape with a concaved space internally and is separated intotwo round collecting slot (211) (212) and a cuneate slot (213) thatlinks the two collecting slot (211) (212); a crooked bendable strip (25)is installed between the edges of the box (10) and the upper cover (20)to make the upper cover (20) to open and close; a joined buckle (26)locates corresponding to the protruding fastener (16) on an indentationof the external front edge of the box (10) to fasten the protrudingfastener (16). Two positioning indentation (27) are on the bottom edgeof the upper cover (20); when the upper cover (20) closes, twoprotruding positioning piece (14) of the box (10) wedge into twopositioning indentation (27) to avoid the upper cover (20) from moving.

A handle (24), as shown in FIG. 2A, FIG. 4A, FIG. 7B and FIG. 7B, passesthrough the top of the upper cover (20); two shaft (22) are fixed on thebottom of the cuneate slot (213) of the upper cover (20), a handlecontainer (23) is on the center of the top wall of the upper cover (20),two feet (241) of the handle (24) insert into the handle container (23),two shaft (22) go through the vertical long hole (242) on the two feet(241) of the handle (24) to have the handle (24) move up and down; whenthe handle (24) is down, it can be stored in the handle container (23),the two feet (241) go deep into the inner space of the upper cover (20)to prevent the handle (24) from going off; when the handle (24) is up,users can carry the whole box.

A collecting plate (30), as shown in FIG. 4A and FIG. 4B, is in anindependent tray structure and on the loading area (12) that is insidethe box (10). Two inward concaved finger slot (18) are on top right andleft side of the box (10) for users to take and put back the collectingplate (30); several indentation slots in different sizes and shapes areon the top of the collecting plate (30) as sleeve slot (31) (32), toolslot (33) (34) and wrench slot (35).

As shown in FIG. 5, any hand tool can be inside the box (10), such aspliers (100), knife (200), the collecting plate (13) on the bottom canalso stall some necessary small tools and parts. The cuneate slot (213)of the upper cover (20) can wedge some hand tool handle (300), a roundbar (400) each is on the two round collecting slot (211) (212) to insertscrew drive tip (401). All the hand tools, handles or round bars areinserted into the slots (211) (212) (213) of the upper cover (20) madeof elastic plastic firmly without coming off.

As shown in FIG. 6, the sleeve slot (31) (32) of the collecting plate(30) can take sleeves in various sizes and functions, the tool slot (35)(36) can install a set of simple sleeve tool (700) (800), the wrenchslot (35) can install a wrench (600); an indentation (36) locates acrossover the wrench slot (35) of the collecting plate (30) for users to takethe wrench out easier.

The appearance of the present invention looks like a football and istotally different from the rectangular shape of the prior art, thehemisphere inner space of the box (10) and the upper cover (20) canincrease the usable room deeper for better application, the collectingplate (30) in between offers more room for more tools and parts withoutincreasing the overall volume; the storage of the toolbox will notoccupy large space, users can carry the toolbox easily.

While a preferred embodiment of the invention has been shown anddescribed in detail, it will be readily understood and appreciated thatnumerous omissions, changes and additions may be made without departingfrom the spirit and scope of the invention.

1. A toolbox comprising: a box in half elliptic shape appearance with aconcaved half ball shape storage space internally, the lower inner wallof said box is protruding out and forms a loading area; an upper coverin half elliptic shape with a concaved space internally, some portion ofthe brink on the bottom of said upper cover links to said box to openand close, several indentation slots are formed in different sizes andshapes internally to said upper cover; a handle passing through the topof said upper cover, two shafts being fixed on said upper cover, twofeet of said handle insert into said upper cover, said two shafts gothrough the vertical long hole on said two feet of said handle; acollecting plate in an independent tray structure and on said loadingarea inside said box, several indentation slots in different sizes andshapes are on the top of said collecting plate.
 2. The toolbox recitedin claim 1, wherein at least one protruding positioning piece located onthe top edge of said box, at least one positioning indentation are onthe bottom edge of said upper cover, when said upper cover closes, saidprotruding positioning piece wedges into said positioning indentation.3. The toolbox recited in claim 1, wherein at least one indentation ison the external front edge of said box, a protruding fastener is in saidindentation, a joined buckle on said upper cover locates correspondingto said protruding fastener to fasten the protruding fastener.
 4. Thetoolbox recited in claim 1, wherein a crooked bendable strip installedbetween the edges of said box and said upper cover to make said uppercover open and close.
 5. The toolbox recited in claim 1, wherein ahandle container located on the center of the top wall of said uppercover.
 6. The toolbox recited in claim 1, wherein one inward concavedfinger slot each at the height of said collecting plate located on topright and left side of said box.
 7. The toolbox recited in claim 1,wherein several slots on said collecting plate in various sizes andshapes as sleeve slots, tool slots and wrench slots.
 8. The toolboxrecited in claim 7, wherein internal brink of said upper covercorresponding to said sleeve slots being concaved for definite depth tomake the upper level flat when is closed.
 9. The toolbox recited inclaim 1, wherein an indentation located across over said wrench slot ofsaid collecting plate for users to take the wrench out easier.
 10. Thetoolbox recited in claim 1, wherein a round bar each located on one ofsaid indentation slots to insert screw drive tip.
 11. The toolboxrecited in claim 1, wherein a collection slot in elliptic indentationshape is on the bottom of the inner wall of said box.
 12. The toolboxrecited in claim 1, wherein overall appearance of said toolbox lookslike a football.
 13. The toolbox recited in claim 1, wherein severalprotruding stands located on the bottom of said box.